Friday, August 27, 2010

My Tool Box: The Building Blocks of Self-Care- McGill University

My Tool Box is a free 6-week program for patients with chronic disease, designed to teach people the skills they need to live well with chronic health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, chronic pain, asthma, arthritis, hypertension and MS. This fun, practical and interactive program, emphasizes coping strategies and practical skills such as:
 
• managing your symptoms 
• managing fear, anger, frustration and depression 
• establishing good exercise and nutrition routines
• practicing relaxation techniques
• managing medication
• dealing with fatigue 
• communicating with your health care team and loved ones 
• evaluating treatment options 

http://mytoolbox.mcgill.ca/en/